Chapter 1198 - 538: The Use of Huang Guangzu

"It turned out not to be in the water, but inside this canyon’s mountain structure!"

"Why is Huang Guangzu here?"

Liang Yuan was surprised and immediately drilled out from within the rock wall, entering this cave!

The cavern inside this mountain was very large, at least beyond the entirety of Liang Yuan’s spiritual power perception.

It was pitch-black here, and nothing could be seen.

However, within Liang Yuan’s spiritual power perception, he could sense stalactite structures like stones, with shallow streams flowing through them.

Mutant Fish swam between these stones.

Liang Yuan leaped onto a rock.

Then, his figure flickered as he continued to jump.

It wasn’t that he had to walk on the rock, but entering the water would inevitably make noise.

Before understanding the situation on Huang Guangzu’s side, Liang Yuan naturally wouldn’t expose his position.

After crossing about three to four hundred meters, Liang Yuan immediately stopped.

In front of him appeared a large lake, with a dozen humans thrashing in the water, occasionally diving to the bottom.

The lake surface constantly sent splashing water sounds.

Someone shouted, "No, there’s nothing here!"

"Damn, is this really Brain Lake? Why can’t we find it?"

"Where’s that Light Attribute Superpower User? Drag him over here and explore below!"

Then Liang Yuan heard Huang Guangzu’s panicked voice.

"No, really can’t, the dark attribute energy below is too dense, even if I try my best, it’s impossible to illuminate a large area."

"Stop that damn nonsense, get down here!"

"Ouch— boo boo blub blub—"

With the blub blub sound, Liang Yuan noticed that Huang Guangzu was immediately dragged into the lake bottom by someone.

Seeing this, Liang Yuan’s eyes flashed: "Huang Guangzu can illuminate the dark environment here?"

He was somewhat surprised and silently submerged himself in the pitch-black water, following Huang Guangzu and them.

To see Huang Guangzu was grabbed by a Water Attribute Superpower User, the surrounding water automatically parted.

As they reached the bottom, the Water Attribute Superpower User shouted, "Shine here, see if there’s anything!"

Huang Guangzu had no choice but to activate his superpower.

The next moment, his whole body emitted light, immediately dispersing the surrounding darkness.

Within the lake water, the surroundings were illuminated with colors.

All around were colorful Mutant Fish, the lake water appearing like gelatinous paste.

Some black stones stood at the bottom, the light shining on them was instantly absorbed.

Huang Guangzu urgently said, "Master of the Water God Sect, I really can’t hold on much longer."

"Stop that damn nonsense."

"Work properly."

The Water Attribute Superpower User sneered and quickly began to observe the surroundings.

Suddenly, he pointed to an area densely packed with black stones, saying, "Go over there, these dark attribute blood crystals are so clustered, they must be near the Brain Core."

With that, he pulled Huang Guangzu and quickly swam towards that area.

Others saw this scene from afar and immediately followed.

Among these people, some were wearing blue robes, also from the Water God Sect.

But many others wore yellow armor or black clothes, not seeming to be Water God Sect members.

Liang Yuan even saw people in military uniforms.

Clearly, these were the people who entered here earlier to check the situation.

Liang Yuan hadn’t expected that the Water God Sect people managed to control Huang Guangzu and utilized his light attribute ability to make him act like a flashlight.

"Could it be because Huang Guangzu is a Light Attribute Superpower User, so he can resist the dark attribute’s power to devour light?"

Liang Yuan speculated in his heart.

As he pondered, suddenly there was a scream from the front!

"Ah—!"

"Old Chen, what are you doing!"

"Damn, Old Xing, are you crazy!"

"No, you’re not Old Xing!"

Continuous screams and roars came, water waves fiercely roared and vibrated.

Hearing the commotion ahead, Liang Yuan’s heart skipped a beat, quickly swimming over.

Before him had already plunged into darkness, but under Liang Yuan’s perception, he found people ahead appearing crazy, attacking each other.

Huang Guangzu, sometime earlier, had already fled nearby.

But behind him, a shadow was pursuing him closely.

Liang Yuan was about to follow when suddenly felt something approaching rapidly from behind.

"Hmm?"

He stopped abruptly, quickly dodging to the side.

However, as he dodged, the thing behind also changed direction, rushing towards him again!

"Is this targeting me?"

Liang Yuan grew suspicious, a cold glint flashing on his face.

Immediately, he gestured, pressing directly towards the water ahead.

Crunch crunch crunch—

The thick water flow instantly froze under Liang Yuan’s ice power.

However, to Liang Yuan’s surprise, the pursuer directly penetrated the thick ice layer, instantly charging towards him.

Seeing this, Liang Yuan quickly activated the Spirit Turtle Shield, blocking the shadow outside.

But the pursuer clenched their fists tightly, launching a punch, smashing onto the Spirit Turtle Shield.

The intense rumbling sound echoed, yet the Spirit Turtle Shield remained unmoved.

This made Liang Yuan raise an eyebrow: "Its attack power isn’t strong."

The figure circled around the Spirit Turtle Shield but couldn’t find a gap, reluctantly slapped the shield a few times, and suddenly vanished!

Throughout the process, if not for Liang Yuan’s careful spiritual observation, it would have been impossible to tell how he disappeared!

"What in the world is that thing?"

Liang Yuan frowned deeply but decided that the pressing matter wasn’t to dwell on this question.

"First, find Huang Guangzu."

Liang Yuan swiftly turned and rapidly chased after Huang Guangzu.

Thanks to the Parasite Species positioning, Liang Yuan quickly locked onto Huang Guangzu’s position. Within a few breaths, he caught up with Huang Guangzu, who was hundreds of meters away.

However, under spiritual probing, Huang Guangzu had already transformed into a Light Element form, illuminating his surroundings.

At the same time, around him, seven or eight shadows dodged the light.

Huang Guangzu, filled with terror, roared: "Get away, all of you, get away from me!"

Cursing while swimming desperately toward the water’s surface.

The figures appeared quite hesitant about the light on him, following closely behind but never daring to be exposed to the light coming from Huang Guangzu.

Not long after, Huang Guangzu had already reached the water’s surface.

He climbed onto a large rock, gasping heavily.

Here, the light couldn’t travel far, and his light escape technique lost its effect.

After climbing the rock, he quickly extinguished the light on his body, leaping to another stone, staying quietly hidden.

Strangely, after those shadows chased him to the lake surface, they stopped.

They swam around the water for a while, seeing Huang Guangzu wouldn’t come down, so they submerged back into the water.

Witnessing this scene, Liang Yuan thought for a moment and decided to reveal himself.

Swoosh!

He leaped onto a stone.

"Who!"

Huang Guangzu jumped in fright, the light on him immediately lit up, shouting: "No attack, don’t attack, I am a Light Attribute Superpower User, I can dispel the darkness here, don’t kill me."

Liang Yuan spoke: "Huang Guangzu, why are you here?"

Huang Guangzu suddenly raised his head, looking at the silhouette illuminated by light.

Once he saw clearly, he couldn’t help revealing a joyous expression: "Mr. Liang! It’s you! How come you’re here?"

Liang Yuan frowned, said: "I should be asking you, what happened at the Ring City World Trade Building? Why are you here?"

Huang Guangzu was about to cry with excitement, hurriedly said: "Mr. Liang, you don’t know how tough my days have been."

"Back then, you masqueraded as a Water God Sect envoy, leaving the Ring City World Trade Building. Then, some days later, the Water God Sect came, disregarding everything, direct bombed my Ring City World Trade Building, captured me."

"When I asked why, they didn’t say, just caught me to here."

"Then I knew, they found this Dark Attribute Floating Island, want to use me as a pawn to explore here."

Liang Yuan raised an eyebrow, asked: "Why do they want you to explore?"

"Because I’m a Light Attribute Superpower User, the dark attribute power can devour all light, only the light attribute energy released by me can dispel it."

"But this is a Dark Attribute Floating Island! Everywhere is dark attribute energy, the little energy I have, how can it dispel the darkness?"

"All the way, forced by them to provide illumination, almost drained me more than a dozen times."

"Damn them, even when using a flashlight, at least give it a charge! This bunch of Water God Sect brutes didn’t give me time to recover, forced me to absorb attributeless Superpower Stone energy for recovery."

"Absorbing too much of this thing has many negative effects on people."

"I want to break through to Genetic Species! This group of brutes has ruined my evolution path!"

Furious and sad, Huang Guangzu cursed aloud, tearfully recounting his sufferings.

Liang Yuan puzzled: "Can’t you escape?"

Huang Guangzu cried: "Mr. Liang, they are all Genetic Species experts! I couldn’t beat them, nor escape."

"Moreover, they forced me to take jellyfish neurotoxin, if I dare to escape, I wouldn’t last half a day."

Liang Yuan fell silent, realizing Huang Guangzu was captured due to being a Light Attribute Superpower User, significant for Water God Sect’s exploration of the Dark Attribute Floating Island.

Liang Yuan asked again: "What about the two companions I left at the Ring City World Trade Building?"

Huang Guangzu hesitated, then seemed to remember something, quickly said: "You mean Tu Long and Ms. Bai? That day, Water God Sect attacked suddenly, I couldn’t attend to them."

"Everyone scattered and fled, I have no idea where they are."

"Mr. Liang, you cannot blame me, I couldn’t protect myself then."

Liang Yuan perceived he wasn’t lying from Huang Guangzu’s words.

For a moment, Liang Yuan felt worried for Tu Long and Bai Zhirui.

Suppressing the concern, Liang Yuan turned to Huang Guangzu, asked: "What were those shadows chasing you?"

"Also, have you discovered any valuable clues since being on the island?"

Huang Guangzu replied quickly: "Mr. Liang, this island is the legendary Floating Island, we’ve been on it for almost half a month, and during these fifteen days, explored the island continuously."

"Currently, unsure of the island’s size, but I found Brain Lake, this is Brain Lake."

"Regarding those shadows, those aren’t figures, they are Shadow Beasts!"

"Shadow Beasts?"

Liang Yuan raised an eyebrow, expressing confusion.

"Yes, we named those creatures Shadow Beasts."

"On this island, many Shadow Beasts exist. They have no true form, like shadows, can transform into any shape, any form."

"Shadow Beasts fear light, almost have no weaknesses, they are numerous, especially in Brain Lake, any disturbance would attract them!"

"This is the eighth encounter with Shadow Beasts, luckily they’re confined to Brain Lake, never leaving it. Otherwise, even having ten lives wouldn’t save us."

Listening to this, Liang Yuan couldn’t help a slight tremor in his heart.

It seems every Floating Island harbors its unique species.

The Mist City Ice Attribute Floating Island harbors vast quantities of Genetic Species level Ice Attribute Mutant Beasts.

Similarly, the Dark Attribute Floating Island contains unique beings, Shadow Beasts!